Digital X-Ray
Experience the latest in dental care with digital X-rays, offering up to 80% less radiation than traditional X-rays. Our advanced technology ensures safety and accuracy, with protective lead aprons provided as part of our strict safety protocols.
What is the difference between traditional and digital X-rays?
Compared to traditional X-rays, digital radiographs are much safer. Digital X-rays use 50% – 80% less radiation compared to traditional film X-rays. The level of radiation you are exposed to is equivalent to the radiation you get riding an airplane (1-2 hours flight).
The level of exposure is further reduced with proper shielding. Patients undergoing X-rays are required to wear protective lead aprons as part of our radiation safety protocols.
What is the advantage of using Digital X-Ray?
Your digital X-rays can be viewed instantly on any computer screen, stored and archived digitally in our servers, printed on photographic paper, or electronically transmitted to you without any loss in terms of clarity and quality.
Procedures
Periapical X-ray
Periapical X-ray shows an individual tooth’s structure in great detail from the crown to the root tips up to the supporting bone of the jaw. The X-ray is normally taken from inside the mouth of the patient.
Periapical X-rays are commonly used as an important aid for tooth extractions, restorations, and root canal treatments. It is also used to detect endodontic lesions (abscesses) and reveal conditions such as periodontitis and advanced gum disease.
Panoramic X-ray
Panoramic X-ray, on the other hand, shows the entire mouth. The image includes all the teeth in the upper and lower arch. The radiograph image is taken from outside the mouth with the use of a machine that rotates around the entire head of the patient.
It is used by dentists to detect impacted wisdom teeth, identify jaw problems, monitor tooth development in children, plan treatment for dental implants, and diagnose bony tumors and cysts.
Cephalometric X-ray
A cephalometric X-ray is a radiograph image that shows the entire head of the patient. It is commonly used by Orthodontists to examine teeth concerning a patient’s jaw and profile.
